There are many reasons to have transactions in security accounts besides
buy and sell. I always include a reference to the security with each
dividend entry and when there is a reallized gain or loss there is no buy
or sell in that entry. Then there are other miscellaneous things that may
happen
There is no requirement to fill in that field. It's just informational.
-derek
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On December 24, 2022 15:05:21 Charles Gagnon via gnucash-user
wrote:
I run GnuCash using a MySQL DB backend.
According to the schema docs, the "action"
I run GnuCash using a MySQL DB backend.
According to the schema docs, the "action" (Buy/Sell) in splits for
stocks/ETFs/funds should always include a "Buy" or "Sell" value. I noticed
that in my database, there are many transactions with that field empty. I'm
confused as to how this impacts other